Word: simeone
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...American," a real Progressive, an unappreciated genius, a master of English prose, an extravagant, wilful client. But Lawyer Neylan's intense loyalties never beget humility. No yessing Hearstling, he some-times lectures Mr. Hearst as if he were a small boy. Visitors at the Hearst castle at San Simeon tell of the wistful note in the querulous Hearst voice: "I'd like to buy it, but Mr. Neylan won't let me." He usually buys it anyway, and Chancellor of Exchequer Neylan finds the money. Periodically Chancellor Neylan threatens to resign. The fact that he does...
...Russia old Simeon Horowitz reads eagerly of his son's development. Wistfully he reviews the old days when his job as an electrical engineer kept the family comfortable, enabled him to take the stand that no son of his should ever be exploited as a prodigy. Vladimir's schooling was to last until he was 24-until the Revolution interfered. The family lost its home, its money, even the piano from which the young musician could rarely be pried. An uncle who was a music critic arranged for his first public appearance in 1922. Year after, Vladimir played...
...ballots of political parties preaching "sedition or treason," or the "overthrow of the government by force or violence," is pending in eleven other states at present. The most vigorous supporters of the bill are the American Legion and the Eiks, both having been inflamed by the Sage of San Simeon's anti-radical editorials. Opposing the bill are the vast propaganda resources of the American Civil Liberties Union...
...shadow hung over the Rose Room that afternoon, a shadow which stretched across the continent from a ranch at San Simeon, Calif. It was the shadow of the left-wing professors' No. 1 bogey whose mighty press from coast to coast has been hounding liberal teachers as Reds and renegades to U. S. ideals. The meeting began with Columnist Heywood Broun boxing the shadow as valiantly as he could without naming names. Historian Charles Austin Beard, who once taught at Columbia, followed him. Hawk-nosed, white-haired, clean-shaven Dr. Beard read his speech, made the point that education...
...galleries cheered. Jubilant Hearstlings tumbled over each other in their rush to telephone San Simeon. No less than 15 Senators telephoned congratulations to Detroit. Local telegraph offices announced that since Father Coughlin's first speech two days before they had handled over 60,000 telegrams beyond their ordinary quota...